Method of attaching fastening devices to wearing-apparel.



W. K01 8. METHOD OF ATTACHING FASTENING DEVICES TO WEARING APPAREL.

I APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 27, 1912.

1,084,348, Patented Jan. 13, 1914.

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W. KOPS. METHOD OF ATTAOHING FASTENING DEVICES TO WEARING APPAREL.

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WALDEMKR KOPS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO KOPS BROS., OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A. FIRM.

METHOD OF ATTACHING FASTENING DEVICES 'IO WEARING-APPAREL.

Application filed September 27, 1912.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALDEMAR Kors, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in the Method of Attaching Fastening Devices to VVearing-Apparel, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates generally to the method of attaching fastening devices to the edges of articles of wearing apparel, corsets, &c., and particularly to the method of attaching studs and eye plates, hooks and eyes, or other equivalent fasteners to apparel corsets without metal backs or the visible presence of an anchorage therefor.

Heretofore, hooks and eyes have been laboriously sewed in'place at the meeting edges of wearing apparel. Studs and eye plates or other fastening devices have also been first riveted to the front steels of corsets and then the edge fabric pockets receiving the same have been formed around the steels and around studs and eye plates. This is also more or less laborious and wasteful of time.

In carrying out the method of my invention, the parts of the garment or corset to be connected are made substantially complete and provided with pockets or openings along the meeting edges to receive the steels, metal parts or anchors to which the fastening devices, or parts thereof, are to be connected. These steels, metal parts or anchors may be first provided with holes, or holes in pairs, and I employ anvil plates with slight recesses which agree in position with the position of the aforesaid parts to be secured. The fastening devices, regardless of their particular character, are each provided with one or more tangs. In assembling the parts, the following order or method is observed. The steels, metal parts, or anchors are superposed on the anvil plates and with the anvil plates are inserted in the pockets or openings of the gar ment. The fastening devices, engaged by suitable and movable holders, are brought over, or the aforesaid parts are brought under, and the holder with the fastening devices brought down upon the material of the garment and over predetermined parts of the steels, metal parts or anchors, the posi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 13,1914.

Serial No. 722,592.

tions of the parts being determined preferably by suitable Power is then applied and the tangs of the fastening devices are then forced through the cloth of the garment, through the holes of the steels, metal parts or through the anchors or anchor plates into the recesses of the anvils where said tangs are bent or upset to cause the fastening devices to be secured in place. In this manner, a secure connection or union of the fastening devices to the metal or other anchor parts is formed, which also assists in holding said parts to the garment, and the same entails less expense for construction than by the old method and manner employed, and the clenched tangs are within the pockets or openings of the garment where they are not visible or in the way, all of which is hereinafter more particularly set forth.

In the drawing I have shown in Figure l a perspective view illustrating the method employed by me in connecting the parts of companion or co-acting fastening devices to the fabric parts of garments or corsets. Fig. 2 is an elevation representing part of a corset or garment with steels or plates in meeting edge pockets. Fig. 3 is a cross section at about the dotted or broken line 00 a. Fig. 4 is a vertical section at about the dotted or broken line y y. Figs. 2, 3, and l illustrate particularly the application of the method of my invention to corset steel fasteners. Fig. 5 is a plan. Fig. 6 a section at about the dotted line a m of Fig. 5, and Fig. 7 a section at about the dotted line 1 y of Fig. 5, illustrating particularly the application of the method of my invention to fasteners for the meeting edges of garments generally.

Referring particularly to Figs. 1 to 1, inelusive, a and 6 represent fabric portions of a garment or portions of the fabric body ialves of the corset in which a, and Z) are pockets or openings formed in the meeting edges of a garment or corset which are to be held together. 0 and 0 represent the steels, metal parts or anchors which are adapted to fit in said pockets or openings, and in which at predetermined spaced intervals holes 2 are provided singly or in pairs. (Z represents an anvil plate in which are formed recesses 3. These recesses may be arranged singly, spaced at predetermined intervals, or in pairs, but in all cases are to coincide or to agree in position with the holes 2 of the steels, metal parts or anchors. The fastening devices comprise a catch plate 6 and stud member 6, each preferably provided with tangs 4c. In the finished article, the fastening devices lie upon the surface of the fabric and above or beyond the same, the tangs passing through the fabric, through the holes in the steels, metal parts or anchors c 0 with the points of the tangs bent over or upset against the under or opposite faces of the part 0 a and at the same time inside of the fabric which forms the other side of the pocket or opening. In the method of assembling these parts, the steels, metal parts or anchors 0 0 provided with the holes 2, or holes 2 in pairs, are each laid upon or superimposed upon the anvil plates cl; 0 upon (Z; and 0 upon a corresponding anvil plate, not shown in the drawing; with the recesses 3 of the anvil plates coinciding with the hole or holes of the metal parts and these parts together are inserted in the pockets or openings at the edges of the garment or corset. The metal parts 0 and 0, each with its anvil plate are then preferably brought to a gage line which shall determine the position beneath the fabric of the holes and recesses with reference to the tangs of the fastening devices which are to be connected therewith. The fastening devices are then brought down upon the fabric and caused to pierce the same and the tangs pass through the holes of the metal parts 0 0 into the recesses 3 of the anvil plates. Pressure applied causes the tangs to bend in the recesses and to be turned over against the under surface of the steels or metal parts 0 c, and sufficient force is applied to make the union tight and secure. The anvil plates are thereafter withdrawn from the pockets or holes in the edges of the garment or corset, leaving the steels, nietal parts or anchors in position.

Referring particularly to the form of my invention shown in Figs. 5 to 7, inclusive, f and 9 represent fabric parts and f g edge pockets thereof which are the edges to be connected together. These fabric parts and edge pockets may be those of any garment to be put on the person or they may be parts of a corset or corset waist, or the skirt portions of a corset which come below the steels and boning. h is a hook member, and z' the eye member, and h z" the tangs of the same. is and 7: represent the anchor plates and Z Z cover plates. These anchor plates are preferably of raw hide or an equivalent suitable material, and in connecting these hook and eye members or fastening devices to the edges of the fabric parts, the method illustrated in Fig. l is employed, that is to say, there are anvil plates with recesses which are slipped into the pockets f g and the tangs of the fastening devices are brought into position by suitable gages or positioning devices, and upon the application of pressure, the tangs are forced through the fabric, through the raw hide, and into the recesses of the anvil plates, and in doing so the tangs are bent over, forcing the points against or possibly appreciably into the under surfaces of the anchor plates. The anvil plates are then withdrawn and the cover plates inserted, and when the opposite ends of the pockets are fastened up or turned over and fastened up so as to finish the garment and make the same visibly presentable, the cover plates are held in position and these serve as a protection to the under surface of the edge pockets so that in use these cover plates take any wear or pressure of the bent tangs so that the tangs do not force through the fabric.

I do not confine myself to the employment of one anchor plate and one cover plate in each hole or pocket, as I may find it difficult to obtain raw hide thick enough for the purpose, and it may be necessary to employ more plates to obtain the desired thickness and rigidity.

I do not herein limit myself to the character of the fastening devices, as those shown or some other form may be employed to equal advantage and be fastened and secured in position with equal facility.

My improved method of connecting fastening devices saves considerable time and consequently quite a little expense, and also makes unnecessary the expensive method heretofore employed of providing openings in the edges of the pockets, or in other words, joining the edges of the fabric to form pockets around the projecting fastening devices.

I claim as my invention:

1. The method of attaching fastening devices, having clamping means, to wearing apparel in which there are pockets for inclosing stiffening members, which consists in forming holes in the said stiffening members, inserting into the said pockets said stiffening members, associated with which are devices for upsetting the clamping means, forcing the said clamping means through the walls of one side of the pocket, through the holes in the stiffening members, and upsetting the ends of the clamping means by the said devices associated wit-h the stiffening members without affecting the fabric forming the wall on the other side of the pocket.

2. The method of attaching fastening devices, having clamping means, to wearing apparel in which there are pockets for inclosing stiffening members, which consists in forming holes in the said stiffening members, inserting said stiffening members, together with a suitably disposed anvil plate,

into the said pockets, forcing the said clamping means through the fabric Walls of the pocket and the holes in the stiffening members and lip-setting the ends of the clamping means against the said anvil plate.

3. The method of attaching fastening devices having tangs to Wearing apparel having pockets for inclosing stiffening members Which consists in forming holes in said stiffening members, inserting said stiffening members together With a suitably disposed anvil plate having recesses therein arranged in registry With said holes of said stiffening members, forcing the tangs of said fastening devices through the fabric Walls of said pocket and the holes of said stiifening members and upsetting the same against said anvil plate, and finally Withdrawing the anvil plate.

Signed by me this 26th day of September, 1912.

WALDEMAR KOPS.

Witnesses BERTHA M. ALLEN, J. B. Ln BLANC- Gop'ius of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner ot' Patents, Washington, D. C. 

